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Filename Area

The filename area is a data area which contains the name of the file in use, as recognized by the operating system.

It can contain drive and/or path information as well as the actual name of the file. The name must be terminated by a space.

This filename area must be filled before the first operation on the file.

The following example shows how the FCD is set up to point to the filename area:

 01 FILENAME-AREA    PIC X(65) VALUE "master.dat".
   ...
     MOVE 65 TO FCD-NAME-LENGTH
     SET FCD-FILENAME-ADDRESS TO ADDRESS OF FILENAME-AREA
       ...